Category Archives: Articles from or about HK
Langmo a HK phenomenon
‘Langmo’ – term used to identify the wave of teenage models who are self-promoting. This became popular about a year ago when several Langmo published a pictorial of themselves in various seductive poses. Despite the lack of content, it became … Continue reading
Paranoia over dripping water
Anyone who has walked on the streets of HK will tell you to be careful of dripping water. When I first arrived, i didn’t mind the drips, mostly from aircon units until a friend reminded me that the drips may not be clean water! … Continue reading
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Suicide in HK
This news appeared in The Standard HK and made me sad. There seems to be an increasing number of suicides being reported in the local media, in the last 2 years. What is sad in this story is that the mother who jumped … Continue reading
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Gruesome attack for the fetus
Read this news in today’s The Standard. In the South China Post, it was mentioned that this woman suffers from mental illness. Insanity is frequently used as a defence in murders. This was shocking because of the effort taken to learn … Continue reading
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Hospital Blunders
In the past months, there have been many reports of blunders at hospitals. Some of these blunders were at best, embarrassing for the hospitals and at worst, fatal. Today’s Standard reported that an investigation was carried out to understand why … Continue reading
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Cheating the poor
Among the many news in The Standard, this one really tugged at me for obvious reasons. Incidentally, i’ve seen the scrap collectors “watering” their pile of scrap paper and initially didn’t understand the reason. That is until a friend explained … Continue reading
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“Barfly mom gets two years after baby dies”
I read this in The Standard, this morning and it’s news like this that make me sad : Nickkita Lau Friday, March 13, 2009 A woman who a judge said treated her four daughters worse than pets was jailed for … Continue reading
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Fake Eggs has reached Macau!
I must have talked about this fake egg business to many of you but never paid much attention because it was confined to China. Well, it has reached Macau, according to last Friday’s local HK papers. There were several complaints from residents … Continue reading
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Outlook bleak with layoffs and pay freezes on cards
I guess I shouldn’t be wishing for bonus or increment next year… sigh …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… News courtesy of The Standard, HK’s free english newspaper. Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Hong Kong Baptist University and the Hong Kong People Management Association interviewed 45 companies … Continue reading
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Crow tests positive for bird flu
Got this from today’s The Standard, HK’s free english newspaper. The place mentioned-Sham Shui Po- is quite near to my place… about 3 MTR stations away. Should I start worrying? —————————————————————————————————————– A house crow found dead in Hong Kong has … Continue reading
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